I am always thrilled to be accepted into any juried show, art is a lot like the Kentucky Derby… anything can happen so I never assume anything.  As I do every year, I entered the prestigeous American Academy of Equine Art Fall show with hopes of getting one in for the third year in a row… and to my complete surprise all three pieces entered got in!  The exhibit will be at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, Kentucky from September 26-November 8, and while I won’t be able to attend this year, I will be there in spirit, and in paint!  Here are the three pieces accepted:

Dreams of Glory, 16 x 20 oil on canvas:

 Spa Day, 16 x 20 acrylic on canvas:

 In Good Hands, 18 x 18 acrylic on paper: 

I do have more new work to post soon, coming off a busy July into an only slightly less busy August I am finally reclaiming some momentum at the easel!

Thanks,
Carole

A New Piece…
July was a brutal month at my day job, I barely had the time or energy to paint.  I did get one eeked out, though, finishing it the other day.  This is from a lovely ranch in the Tanque Verde Valley here in Tucson, called Rancho Bosque.  This is their Brangus bull named Junior, painted on an 18″ x 36″ canvas in oil – thanks again to the Hamilton’s for letting me paint from their beautiful place!  If you look in my equine gallery you can see a painting of their Lipizzan stallion, Romeo (Pluto Gisella II)!

… and Streakin’ Kitty, a stakes winner abandoned in the desert!
One thing I have been doing is finding a new purpose with a nearby horse rescue – Heart of Tucson - check out their site.  I was drawn in by the plight of this mare, Streakin Kitty, a 6 yr stakes winning TB with earnings of $28,000, a good paycheck in this circuit!  She was abandoned in the desert in June, with a severely injured left knee and of course problems with the other leg as a result of overcompensating. While at first they were expecting to have to euthanize, she showed a true will to live and has been showing amazing improvement ever since.  She’s a sweet and extremely patient mare who I believe has what it takes to survive, even thrive.

I hope to do a painting of Kitty soon, maybe a few, and will use a good chunk of the procedes of any art sales of these pieces and any reproductions to support this rescue.  They also have a new case with a mare and foal just rescued from the kill buyers, I just took pictures for them today… visit their site for updates.

There are new paintings in the works, some partly done, so there should be more frequent updates in August!

Thanks,
Carole